Posted on 01/14/2009 7:17:04 PM PST by Free ThinkerNY
President Barack Obama's inauguration next week is set to be the most expensive ever, predicted to reach over $150m (£102m). This dwarfs the $42.3m spent on George Bush's inauguration in 2005 and the $33m spent on Bill Clinton's in 1993.
Part of the spending includes emergency funding announced by the White House on Tuesday to help with the soaring costs. Most of this new federal funding will be to deal with the huge influx of people, estimated 1.5 million to 2 million.
A White House statement said that President Bush "declared an emergency exists in the District of Columbia".
If there is snow, the costs will grow higher. The long-term forecast suggests there is a chance of snow on Sunday and again on the day of inauguration, on Tuesday.
Carole Florman, spokeswoman for the joint congressional committee on inaugural ceremonies, told the New York Daily News, which estimated the cost at $160m: "We're always very budget conscious. But we're sending a message to the entire world about our peaceful transition of power, and you don't want it to look like a schlock affair. It needs to be appropriate to the magnitude of events that it is."
(Excerpt) Read more at guardian.co.uk ...
Unless God decides to unleash some lightning bolts and zots...!
Bah, that wouldn't even come close to bailing out a failing bank these days. Small change.
Of course I recall how the left was bitching to high heaven about how much Bush's inaugural cost after the 2004 election....
Forget the “Post of The Day.”
Yours is the Post of The YEAR!
In one paragraph, you said it all! A++++++
High expectations for vast turnaround, eh? link
“Oh, I hope the weather is frightful
It’ll make me feel so delightful
Though I wish no woe for the Bro
Let it snow, let it snow, REALLY snow”
LOL! Will have to check out the forecast. Hope your incantation here works.
This Marxist is even more of a Narcissist than the Rapist is!
The Hawaii vacation trip while the nation struggled was inappropriate
And now this inauguration thing with the money being spent, movie theater tickets to see it broadcast live on the big screen, the T-shirts, coffee mugs, plates, collectors coins etc.
Can I honestly admit I am sickened by all this. For all their yelling and shouting about consumerism, materialism, etc. LOOK AT WHAT YOURSELVES ARE DOING, CREATING! A few weeks ago you(libs)were pitching a fit over the cost of the china Laura Bush was leaving for the Whitehouse(all came through private funds!
I got to thinking about this yesterday. Where is the humbleness that a servant of the people should have? As much as some have grown to dislike Bush, he at least seemed to remain humble. This is a highly dangerous character flaw 0bama seems to be missing and is indicative of a well entrenched narcissistic personality disorder.
Read up on NPD. Some of them are highly successful people, but it is tragic that 0bama or anyone from his office is not and did not attempt to temper this event. This is setting up the entire nation for a huge let down. And I can't help but wonder what this is doing to 0bama’s psyche and the magnitude of this set-up.
I wonder what the odds of a terrorist NBC attack on that day are?
Fire & brimstone, perhaps?
It’s all so obscene.
Fear, pragmatism and doubt got us McCain, the train wreck I regretfully supported and voted for. Just like the train wreck Arnold I regretfully voted for after the pragmatists said McClintock can't win. God bless people who vote their conscience.
I'm through with party loyalty; the republican party has been a disgrace since Reagan. I will vote my conscience. Anyone wants my vote, that person better be demonstrably conservative and be able to articulate conservatism.
Like most of the Megalomaniac marxist leaders since they were/are always trying to take GOD’s(Jesus Christ)place...
But as the old marxists pretended to fight and cancel GOD from society now they are trying to make people believe that they are the new Messiah/Leaders of the new “religion” with its PC dogma(environmentalism,multiculturalism,relativism,collectivism...)and its Big(totalitarian)Government/Church....
Same old totalitarianism in new clothes
If he was truly a man of the people he would provide health insurance to the millions he claims have none and leave the rest of us alone.
The day after the BLACK national holiday.
Green, it’s the new red.
A blatant double standard and poor example of belt tightening. The historic significance does not escape me....it’s the lack of humility I find revolting.
Like a debutante’s coming out party - it’s ALLLLLLLLLL about MMMMMMMMMEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
Forecast for Tuesday: 34 degrees, partly cloudy. There’s a 50% chance of snow on Sunday and Monday—the question is if crews can clear it all.
And then Obama said, “Build for me a beautiful temple”.
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